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Professional Development Courses for Educators.

Create Your Own Course

Creative teachers like you, come to us with an idea for professional development. We work with you to provide the academic structure to turn your idea into a professional course suitable for your continuing education needs.

You may have been approached by your school administrator to research and propose a new program for your school.

You may already be planning to learn a new skill and implement it into your classroom.

You are already attending an educational workshop series and it’s perfect for your continuing education.

Or maybe you are planning an educational trip abroad or in the states that you will turn into an exciting new lesson unit for your classroom.

Let the Heritage Institute help you reward yourself for your efforts! Create your course and start working with a Heritage Institute advisor to get the credit you deserve.

Guidelines

+/-How to Get Started

Our Create Your Own Course Program will provide you with a simple, academically sound structure for using your travel or other professional projects to obtain Antioch University Seattle continuing education quarter credit, Washington State Clock Hours or Oregon PDUs. Courses are self-paced, allowing you to begin at any time with up to 6 months to complete. You may choose 400 level, 500 level, Clock Hours or PDUs. Check with your district to determine if 500 level work is required for your salary advancement. For more information on our credits or policies, see our FAQs.

To get started, think of how many credits or clock hours you need, what type of course you'd like to create (what discipline or subject area) and at what level. Then review the appropriate sample work plan proposals by downloading them below.

Samples for Hours

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After reviewing the sample work plan proposals and thinking of your course idea, you will need to estimate the number of hours you will spend in completing your course. The estimated amount of hours will determine how many quarter credits will be awarded. Your faculty advisor will help evaluate your estimate to ensure an appropriate number of work hours is proposed for each area of work you describe.

Take the total number of hours estimated to complete your course and divide by 30 to determine your number of credits.

60 hrs / 30 = 2 Quarter Credits
90 hrs / 30 = 3 Quarter Credits

120 hrs / 30 = 4 Quarter Credits
150 hrs / 30 = 5 Quarter Credits

180 hrs / 30 = 6 Quarter Credits

If you are registering for clock hours, the amount of work hours estimated equals the amount of clock hours you will register for.

You now have all of the information you need to register for your course. Please download the registration form below.

Mail your registration form along with Check, Money Order, or PO Payment to:

The Heritage InstitutePO Box 1273Freeland, WA 98249

Or, pay by Phone 360/341-3020 or Fax 360/341-3070 with Visa or Mastercard.

+/-After You've Received Your Registration Confirmation

Once you've received your Registration Confirmation, you will need to fill out your Work Plan Proposal.

Your advisor is instructor Mary Ann Johnson, unless otherwise noted. Please contact Mary Ann Johnson at MaryAJohnson-Advisor@comcast.net and let her know you are registered for a Customized Independent Study and will be sending the first draft of your Work Plan Proposal soon.

You may also contact Mary Ann Johnson if you have any questions on your initial draft.

Your advisor will help you create a course that meets requirements for credit or clock hours. The revision and approval process may take 2-3 weeks. Once your content is approved you will begin to work on your self-designed course! All assignments will be emailed to your advisor.

Elementary teachers! Become a technology leader for your professional team and inspire your students. Develop lessons using free online curriculum-rich resources that will engage students in every core subject. Not only will you learn to access an amazing amount of online resources, you will learn new innovative ways to apply them to your current professional assignment.

Enhance your K-12 Civil War teaching using the books and videos suggested in this course. This innovative course includes a resource file on the Civil War featuring web pages with interactive maps, lesson plans, art, music, reenactment videos, and lectures from leading scholars. Teachers will find ways to actively engage students around many of the major themes and events of this time period.

This course is based on the required text, "Qualities of Effective Teachers" by James Stronge. Stronge’s work emphasizes that the classroom teacher is a person that makes the biggest difference in studies of effectiveness. Also covered are classroom management, curriculum development, lesson delivery. follow-up checklists and ‘red flags’ of ineffective teaching.